The Patent and Trademark Office Society Election Committee will be accepting nominations for candidates seeking to serve on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS as an officer or a representative.

Nominating petitions will be available and accepted by the Election Committee from November 28 – December 15, 2016

Nominations will be accepted for the following positions:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Administrator

Treasurer

Technology Center Representatives: Two (2) from each TC (1600, 1700/2900, 2100, 2400, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700) for a total of sixteen (16)

At-large Representatives – 10

CFO/CAO/CIO/OPIM Representative – 1

PTAB Representative – 1

Trademarks Representatives – 2

Director’s Office/OGC/Policy and International Affairs – 1

OPLA/OPQA/All others not specified - 1

Interested parties should visit the Election Committee section of the P.T.O.S. website

(http://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2017_election.html) to obtain a nominating petition, and for additional information regarding electronic submission of petitions. Completed nominating petitions may be emailed to robert.fuller@uspto.gov or hand-delivered to one of the locations listed below by 3:00PM on December 15, 2016.

Robert Fuller                      x2-6300                KNX 2C05

Renee Luebke                   x2-2009                JEF 10A11

Voting will take place from January 10-12, 2017.  Voting will take place online via the PTOS e-vote system.